Responding to reports that the TNA wanted to meet with the Buddhist clergy to discuss the clergy's rejection of constitutional change, the registrar of the Asgiriya Chapter, Medagna Dhammananda said they would welcome such a meeting.
“We are happy to have met the TNA parliamentarians including the Opposition leader and clear up misunderstandings if any,” he was quoted as saying by the Daily Mirror.
"We have expressed our views on amending the Constitution. It is our responsibility as Sri Lankans to create a conducive environment so that we all can live in peace and harmony. We regret that the Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister's extremist stance on certain matters."
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